Example sentences of "as he always [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drove as he always drove in those days , well , but far too fast . |
| 2 | and Boy said , as he always said : ‘ That 's alright . ’ |
| 3 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |
| 4 | His eyes immediately sought the Marshal 's and he said , as he always said : ‘ Thank you , Marshal . ’ |
| 5 | He was doing the cake judging for us , as he always does , every year . |
| 6 | As I climbed the stairs my Dad 's voice called out with relief as he always does , ‘ Is that yourself , son ? ’ |
| 7 | And Uncle Pumblechook , thinking of us as he always does , suggested this boy . |
| 8 | He knocked on the door and waited ten minutes ( as he always does ) . |
| 9 | He spoke for the people of Neath and west Glamorgan , as he always does . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend the Member for Newham , South ( Mr. Spearing ) advises me , as he always does , that a Bill amending the treaty will be before the House . |
| 11 | Nearer home , former Olympic coach Gerry Storey topped the poll , as he always does , for Council election at the IABA 's annual convention in Castlebar . |
| 12 | Yes Jane it has , as luck would have it I was late arriving , had to run through the rain , ran into the main stand and by pure accident ran into the Oxford United dressing room and there was Brian Horton , he said ‘ Hallo Mick , hows the poster Mickey ’ as he always does , and in fact he gave me the team news and that is — Ian Walker makes his senior debut tonight with both Alan injured , also two other changes ; Jackson comes in for Gary Smart and one surprising one , Steve McLaren for Mark Steen . |
| 13 | But McNab continued as he always had , grave and rather lugubrious , knowing that given time , the " cholera cloud " would move on , too , and that his own view would come to be accepted but this would only happen imperceptibly and not , perhaps , like a cloud passing , but more in the way that sediment settles in a glass of muddy water . |
| 14 | Hazel himself paused in the mouth of the hole , as he always had behind the bramble curtain at home , and looked out across the valley . |
| 15 | He had packed his bags and disappeared , as he always had , at the first sign of trouble . |
| 16 | He looked as he always had , with the same lopsided grin . |
| 17 | ‘ My father backed me , as he always had . |
| 18 | The reader feels sympathetic towards him as he always had the burden of Lennie on his back , Lennie , who always said , |
| 19 | Conor rarely did as he was told , was never on time , was always involved in some new scheme , but had absolutely no worries whatsoever about obligations , responsibilities or debts , because , as he always insisted , ‘ it 's all sorted ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ The increase in Sinn Fein 's fortunes was inevitable given that they had been given resuscitation by Mr Hume , as he always seems to do when their fortunes are low , ’ he said . |
| 21 | The quotation on page 10 describes how a scientist , who is ‘ superhuman ’ insofar as he always acts rationally , would operate according to an inductivist rationalist . |
| 22 | Then a long-shot from behind Sir Rupert Cartland 's shoulder as he forced open the dining-room door , saw the scene of Tick advancing menacingly on his beloved ( or ‘ that silly bitch ’ , as he always called her off the set ) , raised his pistol , cried , ‘ No , you monster ’ and shot the deformed coachman . |
| 23 | I have very unpleasant recollections of sitting for him , for it was of utmost importance not to move but to fix him right in the eye and listen to him complain , saying as he always did that he was getting nowhere . |
| 24 | He lay on his back for a few moments as he always did , then turned onto his right side , arranging himself as if for sleep . |
| 25 | He went to bed to dream uneasily , and woke early as he always did in the early stages of a case before he had got the machine working properly . |
| 26 | She was sitting on the floor , surrounded by dogs and cats — when Christopher came in , and lay on the sofa , without a word — as he always did — and listened to the music with her . |
| 27 | When the meal was finished Harry excused himself , as he always did , and went to take a nap down by the pool . |
| 28 | He paused as he always did at the foot of the stairs , his left hand holding the lamp , his right hand resting on the banisters . |
| 29 | Corbett ate sparingly as he always did . |
| 30 | After supper Uncle Bill would put me , as he always did , in the big double bed in the room next the kitchen , and then he 'd leave the door open , and I 'd lie and listen to him and Bernard yarning , wondering how soon it would be before they got into bed , one on either side of me . |